Given name & surname
Matha
“lady”
Matha is a variant of Martha. One Aramaic interpretation is “lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Matha is a variant of Martha. One Aramaic interpretation is “lady.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Matha is a variant of Martha. An origin associated with Martha is Aramaic. Matha shares an earlier linguistic root with Matthew. An origin associated with Matthew is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Matha is a variant of Martha. The history of Martha gives this family its wider story. In biblical stories, Martha is associated with the sister of Lazarus and Mary.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Matha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 319
- 0 boys · 319 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 648 as a first name in 2020; 234 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Matha’s family of names
Matha shares a linguistic root with Matthew. Matha has a related form in Martha. In Greek usage, Matha as a surname is a transliteration of Μάθα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Matha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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